why did the farm labourers in england destroy threshing machines
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The poor were opposed to the threshing machines because for them they were a sign of bad times.
The machines reduced the dependence of landowners on labourers and led to their displacement.
Many a pogr lost their jobs during the threshing season and had to tramp long distances to seek alternate employment in other villages or cities.
Machines gave landowners bargaining powers and reduced the status of the poor to wage earners.
The jobs of the poor became insecure, income unstable and livelihood precarious.
The machines reduced the dependence of landowners on labourers and led to their displacement.
Many a pogr lost their jobs during the threshing season and had to tramp long distances to seek alternate employment in other villages or cities.
Machines gave landowners bargaining powers and reduced the status of the poor to wage earners.
The jobs of the poor became insecure, income unstable and livelihood precarious.
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The complaints of Landlords about the drinking practices of farmers and their difficulty of working on the farm led the landowners to replace the farmers with the threshing machines. The newly introduced machine decreased the need for labor, consequently, the farmers destroyed the newly introduced machines. They considered the threshing machine as a symbol of unemployment and therefore, destroyed the machines.
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